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30 Jul 2024 14:23:50 EDT (-0400)
  Re: "volume" lights  
From: Nicolas Alvarez
Date: 7 Dec 2008 11:40:34
Message: <493bfc82@news.povray.org>
SharkD wrote:
> "Zeger Knaepen" <zeg### [at] povplacecom> wrote:
>> uhm... that's *exactly* what it eliminates, no?
> 
> No, it doesn't. I want the light source to light an entire scene evenly.
> Rotating the light source just means the angle has *changed*. It doesn't
> *increase* the number of angles. It still only points to one location.

"orient" rotates the light to face in the right direction *individually for
every ray*. Each time the shadow is calculated, the area light will be
pointing at the point being tested.


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